RE: [PHP] Speaking of Global Annoyance

or you could: function getimages(){ global $imagename; ... } and all you have to do is call the function... as getimages(); and $imagename will be an array...thought this isn't the best way since you start giving functions global scope...but it's kinda hard to return arrays since you can't just do "return $thearray;" and then on the other end "$anarray = somefunction();" -sharpie! -----Original Message----- From: Jason Murray [mailto:Jason.Murray@melbourneit.com.au] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 3:42 PM To: 'Kevin Leavell'; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Speaking of Global Annoyance 1. I've taken the liberty of reformatting your code a little. > function getimages() > { > chdir("images"); //read image names from directory /images > $dir = dir("."); > $dir->rewind(); > while ($file=$dir->read()) > { > if(!is_dir("$file")) // if the variable isn't a directory > // then put it in the array imagename > { > $imagename[$file] = $file; // adds the filename to the array > // imagename > } > } > } 2. At the end of this function, $imagename is local to the function. Try this: 1. Add "return $imagename;" as the last line inside the { }'s. 2. When you call the function, make it: $imagenamearray = getImages(); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That'll be your array. Jason -- Jason Murray jasonm@melbourneit.com.au Web Design Team, Melbourne IT Fetch the comfy chair! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net